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| Thread ID: 100856 | 2009-06-23 06:00:00 | Money? Sex? Not for computer fixers | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 785000 | 2009-06-23 11:24:00 | Yeah - the LCD's are to thin :D The hammer -- last time I heard it was mounted on the wall, all cleaned up - with the sign - "If all else fails". Just as an example, its - Twin - slightly smaller (www.imagef1.net.nz) than the original on top of a old 17" CRT out back / junk area of my workshop. Good pic!!! Possibly use it as an avatar after a little cropping maybe. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 785001 | 2009-06-23 13:53:00 | www.stuff.co.nz I agree with the last 9 paragraphs. It's impossible not to agree It all seems easy for the watcher but they didn't spend all the time learning how (and more importantly why) to do it... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 785002 | 2009-06-23 14:55:00 | Some interesting thoughts here: www.stuff.co.nz -- "Computer techs hit hard in recession" |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 785003 | 2009-06-23 23:04:00 | This guy is an idiot, more and more computers are being sold, this means more computers to fix. He thinks lots of people are going to fix their own computer and he will have no work. Rubbish. There are people who pay other people to paint their fence, mow the lawn.... There will always be computers to fix. Everyone can phone around for a quote, sometimes they go with the best price, sometimes because they trust what the person said. I recon if you are good at what you do, people dont mind paying. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 785004 | 2009-06-24 00:12:00 | When I had my shop my landlord was in the business of electronic servicing (pretty much everything apart from computers) a very skilled bloke, anyway, He would come in and enquire about business, then tell me to hang in there until a recession hits, thats when everyone stops buying new and getting the old gear fixed instead. That was his magic formula, Less money means = less purchasing power=money flows in. Pity he had a heart attack and passed away right at the start of this current downturn, Otherwise I could have asked him how that was working out. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 785005 | 2009-06-24 03:46:00 | hang in there until a recession hits, thats when everyone stops buying new and getting the old gear fixed instead. Except they put off getting it fixed too. Or get the kid next door to mess it up some more. Already had a few ask about costs and then go away...... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 785006 | 2009-06-24 11:18:00 | Or get the kid next door to mess it up some more. There was a job come in last week (thankfully I didn't have to deal with it - I was in Christchurch) where a lady let her neighbor's 6 year old son try to fix her laptop :groan: she couldn't understand how that could possibly go wrong - he knows so much more about computers than she does :badpc: |
Greven (91) | ||
| 785007 | 2009-06-24 12:06:00 | There was a job come in last week (thankfully I didn't have to deal with it - I was in Christchurch) where a lady let her neighbor's 6 year old son try to fix her laptop :groan: she couldn't understand how that could possibly go wrong - he knows so much more about computers than she does :badpc: Ironically, I remember when I was in primary school the PC of a friend's parents wouldn't start up after a long holiday because the hard drive wasn't detected. I knew for a fact that the BIOS battery had failed and the drive settings had been lost. Of course because I was just a kid I didn't know anything and only laptops have batteries, they said the PC was broken and got rid of it.... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 785008 | 2009-06-24 22:00:00 | I agree, it is hard to charge people - one of the problems is that everyone knows someone or has a relative that can fix computers. The other problem is that many companies want to charge $90 or above an hour ! That to me is just plain robbery. Things need to be in relation to the average person. The average person has to work a whole day to make $100, so anyone charging $100 an hour looks like a burglar ! So does Joe Karam getting $200 an hour as researcher. To my mind $40 or $50 an hour is much better, but everyone has to start charging and stop doing things for free. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 785009 | 2009-06-24 22:37:00 | The other problem is that many companies want to charge $90 or above an hour I know lots of places that charge a LOT more than that. It may seem a lot, but when you actually break it down its not. The business you work for wont be charging say $50 / Hour then pay the worker that $50, if you got paid $50 / hour, you can bet your boots the company will be charging out at least double that - other wise the company will go broke real quick. Theres running costs of the business,Transport costs, Rental of the property to pay for , power - the list goes on and on. As per the original article - I have even had people demand I walk them through fixing their machine over the phone. I suggest they call their mechanic and ask them to walk them through changing the oil on their car and gauge the response. yesterday I had a person call me up - wanted me to talk them through removing a stuck program, guiding them through the web site to download a new version, AND talk them through over the phone on installing it again, then advise on what settings to enter. I know the persons knowledge with computers - as I have delt with him before - I said, "you want me to spend around an hour ( because thats how long it would take) talking you through all that for NOTHING ? " He said "why not" -- I said would you work for an hour and not get paid -- His reply "no F %$&%n way" -- So why should I ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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